Lead DevOps Engineer

Job Title

Lead DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

The Lead DevOps Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for building and operating production-scale platform engineering capabilities on Kubernetes (Amazon EKS/GKE). This role drives reliability, scalability, security, and developer productivity through standardized platforms, automation, and modern cloud-native practices. This role combines deep technical execution with leadership, owning platform architecture, enterprise DevOps capabilities, and developer experience initiatives, including Backstage-based internal platforms and AI-enabled delivery systems.

This is a Hybrid Position located in Frisco, TX. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to the Frisco office. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis; when not working onsite, you will work from your home office.

About The Role

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Lead the design, implementation, and operation of large-scale Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE) with multi-region architectures ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience.

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Own Kubernetes lifecycle management including provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, and disaster recovery readiness.

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Design, build, operate, and harden EKS clusters using Karpenter, Cilium, Istio/Envoy, and IRSA/Pod Identity.

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Drive multi-cloud platform strategy and modernization initiatives.

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Design and implement enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Harness to improve deployment frequency and release quality.

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Build reusable Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) modules and platform automation frameworks.

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Implement AI-driven capabilities for deployment risk analysis, failure prediction, anomaly detection, release scoring, and automated RCA insights.

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Own and drive adoption of Backstage as the internal developer platform, including software templates, golden paths, scaffolding workflows, and service catalog.

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Improve developer productivity, onboarding experience, and self-service capabilities across engineering teams.

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Implement secure software supply chain practices and integrate DevSecOps controls into CI/CD pipelines.

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Enforce policy-as-code (OPA) and ensure platform security posture and continuous compliance.

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Define platform health metrics, SLIs/SLOs, and implement operational dashboards and observability practices.

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Leverage AI for platform health insights, cost optimization, and predictive capacity planning.

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Lead reliability engineering practices including incident response, postmortems, and automated remediation.

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Develop and execute upgrade and patching strategies with minimal downtime and operational risk.

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Provide hands-on technical leadership and guiding platform engineering best practices.

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Lead architecture reviews, drive platform governance, and ensure cross-functional alignment with engineering, security, and SRE teams.

About You

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8+ years in DevOps / Platform Engineering.

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Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) in production at scale.

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Deep expertise in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness).

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Experience with Backstage developer platform (templates, scaffolding, service catalog).

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Strong programming skills in Golang or Python.

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Knowledge of cloud-native networking, RBAC, autoscaling, and cluster operations.

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Experience implementing DevSecOps and secure supply chain practices.

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Contributions to Backstage OSS or CNCF ecosystem.

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Experience with Service mesh (Istio / Envoy), Cilium.

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Experience with API gateways (Envoy Gateway, Kong).

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Experience with Kafka architecture and operations.

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Experience with JFrog Artifactory / Curation or similar artifact governance tools.

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Exposure to AI/ML-enabled DevOps and developer productivity tooling.

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Experience driving engineering transformation initiatives at enterprise scale.

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Strong communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills.

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Cloud architecture certifications (AWS/GCP Solutions Architect) is a plus.

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Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) is a plus.

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DevOps & Infrastructure: HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent CI/CD certification is a plus.

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Company Overview

McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.

Company Benefits and Perks

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Bonus Program
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement
• 14 Paid Company Holidays
• Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
• 96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year

We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

The starting pay range for this position is $107,430.00-$176,490.00. McAfee takes into consideration an individual’s skillset, experience and location in making final salary determinations. For further details, please discuss with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

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